Broker Control UIs
The Broker Control UIs are a set of graphical user interfaces that interact with the Unified Assurance Broker Service to manage broker-related configurations and operations. These interfaces facilitate the management of application configurations, failover service states, jobs, package depots, servers, and services. See Brokerd for more information on the Broker Service.
The following list gives you the names of the six Broker Control UIs and a brief description of their respective functions:
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Application Config Types: Manage application configuration types for job and service configurations.
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Failover Service States: View all services across Unified Assurance along with their state, status, and server location.
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Jobs: Add, edit, or remove jobs. A job is an application that can be run at scheduled times, using a cron-like syntax.
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Package Depots: View the different locations from which updates to a Unified Assurance server can be applied.
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Servers: View the broker-level configuration options and roles installed on a Unified Assurance server. You can also use this UI to update a server to use newer packages.
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Services: Add, edit, or remove services. A service is an application that runs continuously.
Broker Configurations
This section provides a list of tasks that can be accomplished through the Broker Control UIs.
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Creating a new service through the Services UI.
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Performing broker-level configurations on the server through the Servers UI.
Creating a New Service from the Services UI
An application's configuration dictates specific aspects of its behavior within Unified Assurance. In certain scenarios, running multiple instances of the same application with different settings is beneficial. For example, you can create a new Ping Latency Poller service to poll devices in a Device Zone distinct from the standard Ping Latency Poller.
To create a new Ping Latency Poller service for the devices in Device Zone WAN:
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Go to the Device Zones UI and create a new Device Zone titled WAN.
To open the Device Zones interface, from the main navigation menu, select Configuration, then Device Catalog, and then Device Zones.
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Go to the Device Management UI, and use the Move Device to Zone action type to move a few devices to the WAN Device Zone.
To open the Device Management interface, from the main navigation menu, select Configuration, then Device Catalog, and then Device Management.
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Go to the Services UI:
From the main navigation menu, select Configuration, then Broker Control, and then Services.
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Select the default Metric Ping Latency Poller service, and click the Clone button to clone the service.
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In the form (to the right of the grid), enter an appropriate name for the service Name and for the LogFile configuration.
For example, use WAN Metric Ping Latency Poller and logs/MetricWANPingPoller.log, respectively.
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In the configuration section, change DeviceZoneID and select WAN.
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New application configuration types can be added and edited from the Application Config Types UI.
To open the Application Config Types interface, from the main navigation menu, select Configuration, then Broker Control, and then Application Config Types.
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Click Submit to save the new service.
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Start the new WAN Metric Ping Latency Poller service. It now polls metrics for the Devices in Zone WAN.
Updating Broker Configurations from the Servers UI
The Servers UI is used for viewing the broker configuration options of a Unified Assurance server.
To open the Servers interface, from the main navigation menu, select Configuration, then Broker Control, and then Servers.
Selecting a server from this interface will open the Server (edit) form to the right of the grid. From this form, various broker configuration options can be edited, such as:
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Displaying a custom name.
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Setting a primary server (in a redundant environment).
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Setting the number of log files to keep.
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Setting what size log files should be rotated.
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The log level of the broker.
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The number of threads to use for the broker.